#also the second i see Luke do anything moderately weird or creepy in the show I will want to kill him dead
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faeriekit · 3 years ago
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I don't think Luke was ever into Annabeth in the way that people seem to be implying. Not sexually or romantically.
Let me explain.
From the very beginning of the camp arc of the first book, we get the perspective that although Annabeth clearly likes Luke, he doesn’t reciprocate, finds her young and thinks of her as a little sister etc. etc. Despite the grossness he displayed over the five books, I don't think Luke ever had any romantic or sexual interest in her-- because I think that any playing into "a possible relationship" was the tactical understanding that 1) she was emotionally attached to him 2) he could use that and 3) Kronos's army needed more bodies. Luke is, and always has been, characterized as a liar, willing to go all the way for his goals, and willing to throw literally any middle schooler on his sword in order to reach victory. Annabeth was just a girl who had accidentally shown him her weakness. Luke was never going to let that go without prodding at it.
See: “Hey, come hold up the sky for me, thank you!”
And if Luke actually cared for her (which is really a question of “can your abuser ever really love you” and I’m not going to play that game with no prizes), playing into Annabeth’s childhood crush on him would help him too, because in theory, everything he was doing was for the three of them-- to remedy the source of Luke's failed quest, of Thalia's treeification, and of Annabeth's early emotional abuse from her mortal parents. Playing into Annabeth's crush on him was a shitty move no matter how you cut it, but I think it was genuinely just politics on his part.
Now. Does this make him a good person? No I actually think this makes him way worse in a different way lmao, and probably toed the line on emotional abuse in a lot of different ways. (Alongside murder. Remember, he murdered people.) I just don’t think he was into a kid in the way that people seem to be implying.
Anyway I’m raising funds for the Annabeth Chase therapy fund: for just four dollars a day, maybe one day she will recover from 1) being born into an emotionally neglectful household 2) her brief childhood on the streets 3) watching her foster sister “die” in front of her 4) being betrayed by her only surviving found family member (who definitely set her up to die!) and 5) surviving two different apocalypse level battles as well as 5) tartarus. 🙃
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geekygoddesss · 5 years ago
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The Boyfriend Tag [Luke Edition]
Summary: an unfiltered interview featuring Luke Hemmings and his girlfriend.
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“Hi, I am Luke Hemmings from 5SOS” He waves at the camera 
 “Hi, I am (Y/n)”  I introduce myself shortly. 
“and this is our take on the Boyfriend-Girlfriend tag” he explains shortly, holding in his hands the IPad, with all the questions “Let’s do this”  
When and where did we first meet?
“Good question” Luke takes the lead before I can  “It’s kind of complicated because we met back in high school, before I started with the band and all that, but, we met again on a frat party here in the states” he shortly explains. 
“It’s a really small world, I’ll tell you that” I chuckle “We were on a couple classes together in school and I was always aware of your existence, you’ve always been popular, me not so much, we never really knew each other” I keep on explaining  “but long story short, I study here in California and I was at this party and we...” I start, not really finding the friendliest way I could put it, it was complicated. 
“Hooked up” he completes for me, not finding it to be a big deal, apparently. 
“Yeah” I admit, not helping it but blushing “Which is funny because I don’t think he recognized me at any moment”
“I didn’t” he says, raising both of his eyebrows at that fact “When we left the party I was drunk, I’m not going to lie, but I just kept looking at your face and I was like... I know you from somewhere” he points at me and smiles, almost mimicking the moment. 
“Of course” I roll my eyes, bumping his shoulder with mine “but I look a lot different now, I don’t blame you, In high school I was -y’know- pretty big and I wasn’t the one who talked with guys or people, but I got in better habits and lost so much weight, by now I look completely different than I did before, I wouldn’t recognize me either” I shrug, completely understanding why he wouldn’t know who I was. 
Looks are looks and we didn't see each other for a long time, it’s normal. 
“You do look different but still I feel a bit guilty because I remember you helping me back in the day in like... chemistry and stuff, maybe physics” he mentions, shaking his head “We weren’t complete strangers” 
I nod “Your mom used to tutor me too” I mention as a fun fact, laughing when his eyes widen a bit at the reminder. 
“Geez, that’s true” he chuckles, rubbing his forehead with the back of his hand “Why didn’t you ask for my help? I knew a lot too” he asks in curiosity.
I shake my head “I don’t know. First, I didn’t know you at all and two, you’re distracting” I scoff, caressing his cheek “your face is trippy” “I know it’s so ugly” He laughs, following my joke and leaning into my touch “I wouldn’t like to have to see me while tutoring me, That’s like study suicide, right?”
I nod, laughing hard at his statement, which wasn’t completely true but still it was funny to hear from his mouth. Luke is a smart guy, but the two of us together could be messy. 
“Dork” I laugh, nudging his head aside playfully “Moving on“ I announce, grabbing the IPad and moving on with the questions. 
Where was our first date?
“Our first date was adorable” I say, letting a pout show on my lips at such an adorable memory. 
Thinking about it only made me smile the brightest, I’m glad this question came up. 
“You think so?” Luke said with a smile, looking over at me. 
I nod, I thought it was obvious. “Yeah, it has a special place in my heart” I admit with a little shrug “It was about four days after the party, after we slept together I left your house in the morning and gave you my number, four days later you texted me saying ‘u good?’” I say, not helping but letting my laughing slip into my story while I talked. 
It was such a simple thing, but quite funny, for me it was such a miracle that he even remembered my existence after that night, he seemed like the kind of guy who always had a better girl to do. 
“Literally” he laughs with me, leaning in to bump my shoulder with his “No, I took her to this parking lot, sounds really creepy but it’s not I promise, it’s on a hill so it had a great view of the city” he explains in all seriousness. 
“And he bought pizza and some Ice cream, I enjoyed myself” I smile, going in to grab his hand. 
“It was nice” he answers, lacing our fingers together  “I also realized, you’re pretty cool, we didn’t talk at all in high school and I came to realize I might have missed out” he shrugs, looking at me with those big puppy eyes.
My heart melts.
 “Aw” I lean to kiss his cheek shortly “It’s funny, you and I weren’t friends but I was friends with Calum, not Michael, but Calum” I mention as a fun fact to the camera.
He nods “Yeah, he told me” he chuckles, squeezing my hand  “Anyways, that was our first date, I think it was a pretty good start” he says, finishing the question up and grabbing the IPad from me. 
I have nothing else to say more than to agree, that was the whole story, short and sweet. 
“Hell yeah it was” I nod once to the camera, and we move on. 
What was your first impression of me?
I look over at him for a long second, already knowing my answer and trying to moderate the weird smile coming out of my lips. 
“You’re going to hate me for this” I mumble, raising my eyebrows at him and taking a peek of his weird look, to then explain it all. “it took me a second to actually go and talk to you and when I did, later on when I noticed you were flirting, I thought, isn’t he the guy who’s dating that X factor girl?” I admit, letting a playful chuckle come out of my lips as i dropped the bomb. 
His eyes widen, I bet he didn’t saw that coming, we never mention stuff like this, but I was speaking the truth, I would be lying if I said anything else, that was exactly what I thought. 
“Goddammit” he cursed, shaking his head at that mention “don’t tell me you used to watch that show” he said and I nodded “this is new, by the way, I didn’t know this crossed your mind” he said, totally amused. 
“Yeah every week, and your ex was there, I remember that clearly, She won” I chuckle, almost needing to mention some kind of proof that I actually did know his ex from way back. “but that’s my point, I saw you together before and I thought you were still a thing and I was like, Is he cheating...?” I said, almost imitating my exact thought on that moment. 
“No” he immediately answers shaking his head “We were a thing, like four months prior we met, but not at that time, I was alone” he explains, looking at the camera shortly “She’s cool though” he shrugs, not really making a big deal out of it.
Not like it was a big deal anyway. 
“Yeah, she’s nice” I shrug, for the couple times I’ve seen her, she was pretty cool. I move on and turn to him with a questioning look  “What did you thought about me?” I ask with a small smile.
He clicks his tongue, almost making some time to think of an answer, but apparently, his mind is a bit blank. 
“If I’m honest, I don’t remember the very first thing I thought, I was drunk, so things seem a little blurry from the start of that night but I remember once you we were talking about something, I thought...” he says, leaving a dramatic pause “She talks to me like she’s known me forever and I like that” he mentions, looking over at me. 
“I mean.... not exactly, but almost” I shrug, leaning to kiss his cheek. 
“Almost” he mumbles, turning to my direction and staring at me directly “I also thought you were really sweet and I like your sense of humor, in general I just Felt really Welcome”
That answers makes me melt, it was so sweet, he is so sweet. 
“Aw, that’s so cute” I say in adoration, leaning straight on his lips and pecking them shortly “crap, now I feel bad, my first impression was the worst ever” I pout, staring up at him.
“It’s fine” he shrugs, not really mind it, apparently. 
But really, we never really made a big deal about stuff like this anyways. 
When did you meet my family?
Now, this was an easy answer. “The first time I met your family we were in Sydney” I start explaining “It was not long ago, we were there for a week and we had this big family getaway for one day, It was the very first time I met your entire family” I smile, looking over at him and leaning in to kiss his shoulder. “Oof That was such a good day” he says, smiling at the memory. 
I smile too. “It really was” I chuckle, nodding at the camera  “my mom made the biggest batch of ravioli, his mom loved so much that it had them talking for hours” I explain, sighing dramatically at that mention. Luke just laughs. “honestly, the woman just kept speaking until the conversation was so strong, not even Luke or me could interfere to talk to our own mothers” I shake my head, being kind of dramatic, but having a fair reason for it. 
Luke stares at me funny for a couple seconds and keeps himself silent, I wondered if he wanted me to continue the story, but by the way, his eyebrow raised, I guessed he had something to say and I certainly did not want to miss that. 
“Are you saying that because your mom shushed you?” He asked, giving me a funny look, like he was suppressing a laugh. I nod harshly “Yeah! What the heck?” I exclaim, shaking my head  “She is sometimes a bit rude but I love her, anyways” I roll my eyes at the reminder of that moment. 
Long story short, my mother happened to be so in the story that when I tried to add something, she shushed me and moved on with the story, which Luke’s mom didn’t seem to notice at all, but I was certainly outraged about for a good minute, but I went back to my boyfriend and eventually forgot about it, it wasn’t a big deal anyway. “My dad was in charge of the barbecue and it was funny because where the grill was there was nothing but a whole lot of man there” Luke added as a good fact. “Your brother, your dad, me and my brothers, it was man zone and you” he chuckled, sneaking his arm around my waist and squeezing. “I blended in well, thank you very much” I bragged, rolling my eyes “I mainly did a lot of this and a lot of this” I say, hugging him tight and then pressing my lips against his cheek “but it was better than being shushed by mom a second time” I shrugged, with a winning smile, kissing his cheek again. “Our first family event was good, it was the first time we got to know each other’s family and it also felt like a reunion, because oddly enough some of our family went to school together, so there was a lot of catching up too” He nodded to the camera, adding a lot more to our little story. “It was adorable though, don’t you think?”  I ask him, looking up at him and looking for his eyes to meet mine. “Definitely, it was cool” he turned to me, pressed our lips together and looked back at the camera “moving on” he announced, so we do.
Who said “I love you” first?
Luke blushes instantly with this question. How cute. 
“Aw, I did” he admits, looking down at his hands as he spoke. 
I smile “Yes he did” I say, leaning to kiss his shoulder “Who gets to tell the story? I think both points of view are great” I mention, looking up at him.
I didn’t mind telling the story, but I knew he also would like to be the one to tell it, so it was up to him to say who should be the one on taking the lead. However, he looked just as clueless as I was with that question, and as he shook his head, he said to me. 
“Flip a coin, flip a coin”
Making it the biggest and only solution we had for something like this. It was dumb, but flipping coin has been our decision picked by choice since the very beginning of our relationships. 
“This is exciting” I mention, taking my phone off my pocket “I have an app for that in my phone” I say to the camera as a fun fact while I look around the screen and select the handiest app I have. 
“Heads” Luke called first when the coin starts flipping. He always said the same thing.
So it lands and it drops in heads, he won. He always did, it was not the app, he was just a lucky guy and now I had to sit down and listen, my side of the story would have to be told some other moment, now is not my time. 
“I tell it then” he said with a big smile, sitting up straight and looking at the camera “Basically, until this day, I can’t help but feel saying it might have been a bit rushed, we haven’t been dating for long and she was never in a real relationship before so, I think maybe for the time we have had going out and about, I still feel like I might have said it way quickly” he admits, pursing his lips together as he shrugs. I frown a little. “Aw, I don’t think so, it felt right, you know?” I shrug, not really agreeing on its entirety with that statement. “Yeah! I mean, of course” he nods as he keeps going with his explanation “it was this day when we were traveling back from... Mexico, if I’m not mistaken” he said, starting the story “We were on the plane back and we were literally sleepless, we had one full night of sleep and completely active mood on the way back” he mentioned  “I think the difference between this time and the past times I’ve done this first step, out of all of them this one has been the one who felt more like a moment of realization other than something I thought of for a while” he admits to the camera “We were watching a movie and she was like completely distracted with it, I got distracted from mostly my thinking and I just said it” he shrugged, finishing the story. 
.That was the big story, that’s how it happened. 
“It sounds like a simple moment but for me it felt like a lot” I added, leaning in to kiss his cheek. “For me too, I didn’t think much about it beforehand, but once I said it I was like, shit” he said, his eyes widening a little “But I really meant it, it came from heart even when it was brought up at a random moment” he shrugged. “I loved that” I admitted “because now only I got to see what your feelings were in a moment where all you were doing was reflecting on your own mind, this isn’t something you felt forced to say, you just spoke your mind in a pure way” I said, smiling at the thought. 
My boy was a pure soul, he spoke his feelings straight from his heart and I appreciated that in so many ways, I guess that's why we connect so well. I love him just the way he is. “I love you” he mumbled to me. “I love you”  I repeat, leaning and kissing his lips shortly. I look at the camera “Isn’t he cute?” I say, squishing his cheek, even when I knew he didn’t love that, but I couldn’t help it. 
I could do it all day, he is the cutest guy I’ve ever known. 
What dressing do I always wear?
“funny” I say with a teasing tone as I look at him up and down and point “those stinking boots, that’s my answer” I said, laughing as he looked down at his own shoes and frowned. 
“Hey” he said, acting offended, crossing his leg over his knee and showing off his left boot “they’re nice, don’t call them stinky” he pouts to me innocently. “Sorry, I can't help it, they’re ridiculously expensive and that kills me” I admit, shaking my head “plus, they’re like good but not that especial”
I spoke my truth. The day Luke spent that much money on a pair of boots was the same day we had a bit of an argument, not that extreme, but still it was a lot of money he could have spent in more useful things and those pair of boots were certainly nice but not worth that much money. 
“Ah” he said, looking down at it and touching the leather of the boot “I like them lots” he admits  “they’re casual, for me, I like wearing them because my stylist mentioned it makes every outfit more elegant but doesn’t make it fancy looking, if you know what I mean” he explains to the camera “it’s an everyday kind of deal, you got this black leather, not real leather, may I say, and then this stars around here, that I think plaster my style pretty good” he shrugs, not caring at all on my thoughts on them.
“They really do” I say, agreeing with him on that part  “they’re still like so expensive, though, damn” I hiss, as an instinct.
He laughs at my reaction, finding it funny in a way. He leans forward, put his finger over my mouth and makes a quiet “Shush” with his lips. I don’t fight it, I just shut my mouth, I can’t really question his purchases when it comes to style, that’s his deal. 
“For you, I’m going to say, denim” he answers, looking at me straight “you were denim a lot on the daily basis, however, asides from that, the one thing that has been like your staple ever since I’ve known you is this guy” he says, reaching out for me and grabbing my hand to raise it up high. 
Something really outstands from my wrist and it is a couple of fabric rings that are covering it and that never move from where they are, it’s not a surprise at all that Luke chose this as his answers, he would be right. “My scrunchies” I point out, smiling at the camera “Yeah, these are usually essential, since I was very young really, living in such a hot place made this a vital piece in my looks” I shrug “you never know when you’ll need them”
That was just the pure truth. “Right” he nods, letting me put down my arm  “I actually remember you back in high school, on this school dance, you wore like a full formal dress and a red scrunch, it stood out for me” he laughs at the memory “Damn, Yes” I cringe because that was certainly a hard one to remember “I mean, that was probably those times when Sydney was just a living hell, I’m just going to say that” I shrug, mentioning that fact before someone could forget. 
As much as I love our home, it could sometimes get too hot. “Agreed” he nods at that mention “Just from remembering that I’m sweating” he says, pulling a little bit on the edge of his shirt. 
I laugh, I can’t deny I found that quite funny. “Uh Huh, right” I say, rolling my eyes. This time I go and steal the IPad from his hands because now it was time for me to ask the questions.
Weird habit of each other?
It doesn’t even take me ten seconds to answer that question. 
“Luke sings, all. of. the. time” I say, emphasizing my answer by slapping my hand on the table. 
I can see from the corner of my eyes how Luke starts blushing from that, apparently not finding this one the most suiting for an answer. I can hear him laughing in my ear, I bet he was waiting for some other answer that could expose him, but now was not the time to reveal those. “Hey” he says, acting offended “that’s not a weird habit, I object” he shakes his head, but nothing he could say would make me change my answer. “No, i think it is” I nod, being strong with my answer “even on the most uncomfortable moments you will hear him try to reach like falsettos in the kitchen” I chuckle “I once had Jazz playing in the living room, I love jazz so I usually play it when I am having a good day and all, and you know there’s parts were musicians just kind of loosen up and improvise” I explain a little “well, like was in the garage and I heard him bopping and beeping a whole melody by himself, all alone” I laugh a little, not really containing myself  “or maybe it would be at four in the morning in his studio, whatever suits him best” I shrug. “Point taken” he laughs with me, shaking his head as he turns to look at me straight  “does it bother you?” he asks me before he can move on from this. 
I shrug. I love to hear him sing, he’s very talented, and I love that he experiments with his talent as much as he can, but sometimes his little habit could be a lot for some people. Lucky for me, it never really bothered me, but there were times when maybe his singing could become a little stressful. 
“Not at all, I just think it’s funny” I answer him, reaching out to caress his cheek lightly. I didn’t want him to feel attacked, I was not that serious about it. “really babe, really” I kiss his cheek, feeling him soften up with my touch. “Alright” he mumbles, turning to the camera to say his part “Well as in for you, I do have a weird habit, I don’t know if this is anything new for you but it is a little weird when you are like chillin -like- on the couch and from one moment to another your leg just goes” he doesn’t say much, he just raises his stretched arm up high and goes back  “and you keep it there” he laughs, making it more exaggerated when he goes with his other arm and squeezes my thigh. “I’m trying to pop my hip bones!” I argue, completely blushing at that “It’s difficult okay? And I’m flexible I gotta make that useful” I excuse, like that would make it less weird. “Sometimes it would be like, she stands up and goes like a crab” he tries to explain, going to stand up to do the motion, but the second he tries to get up his seat I am the one taking the lead and grabbing his arm. “Lies!” I exclaim, making him sit down again “Oh my gosh Luke” I laugh, hiding my red face on his shoulder and from the rest of the word. He laughs hard, apparently finding extremely funny his comeback to me, and I gotta say, this is probably his best move he’s ever done to me and I respect that. He definitely got me speechless with that one. 
“Don’t be embarrassed, babe, it’s okay” he comforts, still laughing as he hugs me. 
I shake my head “Can we just pass onto the next?” I ask, not wanting to carry on with this at all. 
He nods, and with that, we just go on with the interview.
How long have we been together?
“We are six months long” He answers before I can “We turn one year in February, next year”
“On Valentine’s” I compliment his answer as I smile and lean my head on his shoulder. That answer alone made me smile the brightest.
“Yeah, fun fact” he chuckles to that mention “that’s how you know we actually have big plans, not just a date or whatever” he nods, turning to me and kissing my forehead.
“I’m looking forward to that” I say, already growing excited  “See, we usually throw the best dates, best getaways, I love those so much and being our first anniversary, god...” I sigh, imagining all of the possibilities  “it will be quite a ride” I state, letting that dumb smile take over my face.
“Yes it will” he assures me, kissing my forehead softly “You don’t even know”
I look up at him and he looks up at me, I don’t want to ask or say anything, but there is something in the way he is looking at me that tells me he already has plans and that makes me nervous. I go to say something but I immediately shut my mouth, I try to say something else, but I shut up again, I don’t know if saying something will trigger something else. “Okay” I say, looking away from his blue eyes “I don’t even want a hint, I’m excited already” I chuckle to myself, looking down at the device in my hands “So..” I say, dragging my finger through the screen. 
So, we move on.
What is the most public thing we’ve done together? 
“We do this thing sometimes where we will go on Instagram and actually do lives together, every once a week or so” I explain shortly as I shrug, not really hesitating with my answer since it was already obvious. “Unlike others in this band, this is not the most public thing we’ve done, I would say that for social media we are pretty transparent” I state, looking at my boyfriend just to see his reaction to my answer. 
Answering for both of us could be a lot, especially since we often differ on a lot of things. 
“I agree” he nods, looking at me shortly  “I actually like doing lives with you, we have a good laugh on those” he smiles, nudging me. 
“We do” I chuckle “Fans ask the craziest questions, I think I have never been asked more in my life about our sex life than in the last three or four lives” I laugh. I could quote every single of those questions right now, but this is a family-friendly show and we must keep it that way. 
“I mean, they asked you if I kept it 70’s” Luke mentions with that teasing smile on his face that can only remind me of my reaction when that came up.
“Dude” I say, my eyes widening to that “I am glad I didn’t have to answer that about myself if I am honest” I chuckle, shaking my head to that. 
Sometimes too much information could be too much. 
“I could have” He teases back, going in to kiss my forehead. 
“Anyways” I say, waving that away before something could slip out  “in conclusion, we do go unfiltered in social media and real life, obviously, but still we don't really overexpose ourselves, if you know what I mean” I add to our question, making that clear before people could jump to conclusions. 
“We manage to keep it low in a way” He clarifies, complementing my answer. 
I nod, agreeing with that. “I was saying this earlier actually, but even though we don’t hide from the public, I like posting pictures of us, however I don’t like bragging, which is a common misconception that sometimes fans like to use referring to how sometimes I would share things of us, but I don’t do it out of a bragging feeling” I say, also making sure I clarify that. 
Out of the couple pictures I have posted with Luke, there is always people that like to do those kind of statements. It hurts, it will never stop hurting a little bit, but the best I could do for that was to suck it up and move on, I chose this, now I gotta live with it. 
“I know baby” he comforts, rubbing my back  “It’s normal though, it happens” he says in all honesty “I think how we keep things by the time, seems like the right thing to do” 
I couldn’t agree more with that. We like going public and it is fun, but there are things we don’t like to show and keep it to ourselves, that’s our magic and we’ll keep it that way. 
“It does” I agree, not having anything more to say.
We stand strong with our answer, that is all that matters. 
First thing you noticed about me?
“Dude, your eyes” I say, very fast, as soon as I read the question out loud “I don’t think I remember anything clearer than that” I say in honest words. His eyes were something that I won’t ever forget. 
“But, from when we met in high school or…?” He says awkwardly after I stated my answer. There was always going to be that question since we practically met twice. 
“Yeah, all the way back in high school, I don’t remember very clearly how you approached me but I do remember thinking, wow” I say, mimicking that moment  “Yours are honestly the brightest blue eyes I have ever seen” I say, staring into them “I like that a lot, it’s trippy” I admit shyly. 
He blushes a little, I love that. 
“Well, thank you, I guess” he says, chuckling awkwardly  “it’s nice to know eye contact isn’t dead after all” he shrugs at that. 
I laugh “Of course it isn’t” I say shaking my head  before nodding on his direction once “so?” I ask, waiting for his answer. 
“The first thing I noticed about you was probably your moves, at that party” he admits, with a bit of a smile on his face “boy you do know how to dance” he nods at the camera, almost proud of it “That’s how we re-met actually, I danced with you and then I introduced myself” he said, adding that up before moving on. 
“Which is like every story from everyone who dances as much as I do” I chuckle a little bit, he rolls his eyes “But thank you, I am glad you like my moves” I say, almost flattered for this. 
“Of course” he smiles, going in to kiss my forehead “It is really a boring answer, I can’t go deeper than night, for the tenth time, I was wasted” he clarified once again. 
“Yeah you were” I confirm “that night you woke up and were like oh you’re here” I laugh, remembering that exact moment like it had happened yesterday. 
He woke up completely disoriented, with a headache and hungry. Finding me there was certainly a surprise and I could understand why. 
“We-” he starts saying, but seems to be completely cut off as he laughs “We don’t need to talk about that” he says with difficulty, not helping his laughing as he remembers that moment. 
Those were our first steps as a couple, we weren’t proud of it at all, but it was a start. However, even when our start was rushed, we still had a lot to look forward too, and we were sure as Hell it would be better. For now, all we can do is show the world just that. 
Tell us a fun fact about you 
We both stay silent, trying to think of anything to answer this question, but apparently, nothing really comes to mind with this one. It feels like forever. It takes us a minute, then two, by the time minute three comes around, we both look at each other with that clueless look, trying to see if any of us got something to say, but apparently, we were both blank. 
“Oof, I have no idea” He sighed, leaning over and resting his weight on his forearms. 
There was only one thing I could say, but in my opinion, I didn’t find that any interesting. 
“I have one” I announce, getting his attention “Remember that time when we were camping and a bee stung you and you had to take off your shirt because you couldn’t find the bee?” I ask, he nods. By the look on his face I realized he had no clue where I was going.  “I realized we have the same birthmarks” I revealed, raising my eyebrows, trying to make that a bigger deal than it actually was. 
It sounds weird and not realistic, I know. 
“No way” he frowns, looking over at me “I think that is impossible, babe” he says, shaking his head. 
I knew that already, but I was being serious. 
“No, it isn’t” I shake my head as well, getting up from my seat to prove a point. 
This needed to be shown. 
I raise my shirt first halfway, probably alarming the sound crew and Luke at the same time, making myself seem like if I was about to show anything else but that was not it. I turn around and show him my lower back, where a small stain lays on my right side.
“See, this one, you have it too” I tell him and I show everyone. Then turn around and show the one on my stomach “and this” I point. Fix my shirt and then show my wrist  “and this” I finish revealing, to then take my seat “Tell me it’s impossible now” I challenge him, waiting from him to prove me wrong. 
He is just blinking as an answer, probably trying to find any logic that can explain all this, it was very weird. 
“I can’t” He says, his eyes completely wide “Now that is a fun fact” he chuckled nervously  “Is this like those movies? Where everyone is like ‘you’re my soulmate’?” he says in a bit of a mocking tone. 
I laugh “I’ve been waiting for you all my life baby” I follow his lead, throwing both arms around him and kissing his cheek  “My love for you shines like a thousand suns from the moment you touched my butt” I recite dramatically, leaning in and pecking his lips. 
He laughs hard. Who would have thought I would reveal a pure fact from the day we met?
“Expose me, why don’t you?” he rolls his eyes after I let out my joke. 
He is embarrassed, I can sense it, but that’s okay because it is all for the sake of playing around. I knew it didn’t totally bother him. 
“I’m joking” I clarify, just in case, kissing his cheek again “but yeah, for now, that’s all the fun facts we have” I speak directly to the camera, to then slide the IPad on his direction and consider him the honors. “Next”
He takes the device, and with that, we carry on. 
What’s the biggest thing you’ve done for each other? 
I am not the one answering at first, he is. Before I could even think of something he was already taking the lead and revealing an answer from his side. It was like he already had it thought out. 
“One day we went on this date, she was just coming back home after like, two weeks in Sydney, didn’t have a clue I was planning on it, neither that I was in town so when she came back to her dorm I made sure to build a surprise up” he explained, trying to paint a picture for everyone. “I bought her a dress, we went out,  we walked around the city until sunset, it was crazy” he said as his conclusion, leaning back on his seat and staring at me, looking for a reaction. 
My face lights up instantly, I was loving that answer and I loved that this was the one thing he chose to say because that was for sure one beautiful day I would not ever forget.
“That was the best date ever” I say, resting my heart on my chest “Still can’t believe you’ve managed to do that” I say, leaning over to kiss his cheek. 
He deserves all the kisses in the world just for that. 
“Honestly, I’m very proud of it, not going to lie” He chuckles, turning and kissing my forehead “As far as our relationship has gone, I think this is the biggest thing I’ve done” he mentions with complete honesty. 
“Aw” I smile to him, reaching to caress one strand of his hair  “I don’t know, I think the biggest thing I have done for you it’s baking things for you, I’m always on that deal” I shrug, making that the only answer I had. 
I haven't had the time to plan out a good surprise for him ever since we started dating. For me it was complicated, I had too many things going on at once in my life, constantly; thinking of an elaborated surprise was almost mission impossible, but I would find the time for that, sometime, I don’t know when, but one day. 
“Oh my god, those are fire” he says at the mention of my baking  “She’s a good cook” he points at me with a proud look. 
“I love cooking” I shrug, not having much to say about that “so every time I see he’s super busy or just wanted a bit of relax, I try to bring something, it’s fun for me and I like how excited he gets, so it’s a win-win” I chuckle, at my small explanation. 
He nods, agreeing with my words. 
“It’s a win-win however you want to see it, because after eating we are always energized” he says, smiling at the camera and nodding, then nodding again and again. 
I didn’t know if it was awkward or if I should ignore all that, but something in his look told me, this came with second intentions. 
“Dude” I frown, nudging his side, even though he wasn’t saying much. 
He turns to me, acting surprised and with wide eyes, he looks at me weird and says  “What?” he asks with a funny look, I throw another look back at him. “Oh you’re the overthinking it, not me” he laughs, waving this whole thing away. 
I roll my eyes, he laughs. Sometimes I swear he is worse than a twelve-year-old, for real. 
“Anyways” I say, shaking my head “Lets keep going” I announce before he could go any further with his silly jokes. 
Tell us a secret 
Like in previous questions, for this one, we both stay quiet, almost as if we were thinking of something to answer that but couldn’t find anything worth saying. The truth is, none of us felt like putting a valid answer there; it would be too much information and we didn’t need that to be public. 
So I take the lead on this one. I lean on the table in front of me, look straight to the camera and say three little words that had gotten me through various situations and lead to different outcomes. 
“Luke sucks balls” I whisper to the camera, then leaning back on the chair and making myself comfortable. 
There was silence in the room as if no one really dared to comment on that and I get it; but in this situation all I had to do is look at my boyfriend and see his reaction, because is the only one that really matters. 
“I am supposing you say that because you have balls” He says in a serious tone, looking at me in the eyes. 
I chuckle “Yes, bigger than yours” I state, nudging his side softly. 
“Ooo” He said, acting offended, opening his eyes wide open like he was actually surprised “This took a turn” he said, laughing, to then shake his head and say back to the camera “We’re not telling you secrets” he says, shrugging. 
I nod, agreeing with that  “The mystery keeps the flame alive” I tease “or so they say” I say, winking to the camera. 
“Indeed, baby” he nods, kisses my cheek and grabs the IPad. We were almost done with this one. 
Favorite feature about each other?
“Your eyes” he answers first. Which almost seemed like a competition because I already had my answer and was about to speak. He laughs, points over at me and says  “I stole your answer” he mocks, kissing my cheek. 
“Yes! you bitch” I laugh, pushing him away playfully. 
He shakes his head, kisses my forehead in comfort and says “Well, I mean it” he says with a smile on his face “They are pretty and I enjoy a lot looking at them” he admits, being honest in his answer. 
My heart melts a little “Thank you” I say, kissing his cheek softly  “I will say, your complexion” I answer, going in and stroking his cheek slightly “Bad side of it, whenever you get a pimple you can see it from a thousand miles away, but, it’s funny because it matches mine” I laugh, pinching his cheek “It matches so well that he has worn my foundation” I shrug, stating a fact. 
“Yeah, true” he nods, leaning in my touch “we match so well” 
I nod “Soulmates” I say, singing it out a little as I look at the camera  “Get on our level” 
What do we argue about the most?
“Dude” I answer first, my eyes wide as the answer came to me “For some reason our biggest discussion ever has been how it is apparently impossible for us to harmonize” I laugh, founding it so funny that I couldn’t really say that sentence without breaking to laugh. 
“Did we actually argue about that?” Luke asks, being a little weird out by me laughing so much. 
“Yes, we did” I laugh, not being able to hold myself together at all “Let me explain, it was this day were they were working and Luke had to record and stuff” I start the story “In the meantime, Calum and I were just messing around the piano and we sang a song and then Luke came in and was like ‘what the…’” I try to imitate the moment, along with the face he made, but I was laughing so much I was losing it, obligated to stop talking before I lost my breath. 
“It’s treason, I’ve been trying to tell you how to do it but you don’t listen” he excuses his tantrum with one proud voice. 
“Excuse me” I touch my chest in one defensive move “it is actually not my fault I can’t harmonize well with you and I can with Calum, babe, you know that” I say, making that clear before he went on. 
He hisses, he knows he can’t really argue with that, so he shuts his mouth from whatever he could say and just accepts that I’m right. 
“Yeah, that’s true” he said sighing “Oh man, this is pissing me off a little bit” he admits, shaking his head slightly. 
I pout “No” I say in a whine, leaning my face on his shoulder and kissing it better. He could be sensitive sometimes. “Let’s continue” I say, waving this all off and moving onto the next.
Nicknames for each other
“I call you bubba a lot, actually”  I answer first, not really thinking about it twice. This answer just came out naturally “You could say that is my nickname for you, aside from the usual Lu and stuff, I always call you bubba or bub” I shrug.
I don’t dig on it too much, those were already the usual names I would go for on the regular ever since I started dating, it was the default so I went with it a lot. I wasn’t the most creative either, so in my defense, I was not the best for making up new ones, I would always stick with my usual ones. 
“Yeah” he nods, to then move on with his side “I usually go with your childhood nicknames that your mom told me” he chuckles “Bunny, nugget, sort of that stuff”  he mentions just a couple, even though he could probably name hundreds “If I am feeling spicy I would say bumblebae” he adds in a proud voice. 
“Which is considerably terrible” I mention, but I don’t mean it at all. 
“I disagree” he shakes his head with decision  “my personal favorite, cuddle muffin” he said, again, being really proud of his answer. 
He looks back at me for a second, then back at the team, seeing if anyone had anything to say about his choices on nicknames, but no one said a thing. It was not a terrible nickname, but it was definitely not the best, if someone asked me. 
“Jesus” I sighed, shaking my head  “you made that up I swear” 
He laughs. “It’s a thing” he says in some kind of defense “Personally I think I am the king of nicknames” he states, giving himself a title out of the blue.
I laugh. “You swear” I say, shaking my head. 
Because apparently now Luke is putting himself on a pedestal. 
“I do” he winks at me and takes the tablet from my hands. 
We were almost there, we didn’t need to stay in this one any longer. 
What’s something you are thankful for?
We didn’t know what to do when this question came up. If we were supposed to hold hands, stare at each other deeply, take this in private, we didn’t know, but it didn’t matter. When Luke shifted into his seat and put the IPad down I knew he was up to something, because he was about to say some serious stuff and he wanted me to listen. 
So he grabbed my hand, made me focus on him and started speaking. 
“I am thankful for finally finding someone who really feels like could be the person that will bring some kind of stability into my life” he says in soft words as he starts his answer  “I have had a rough couple of years, when it comes to relationships. For me, I have been hurt a lot, one of those relationships ended badly and the others didn’t  but still when you break up with someone you will always feel that emptiness which always makes you wonder weather if you are doing things right or not” he explains, painting a pictures of what has been going through his mind “I am thankful for finding someone who I feel I have known all my life and that I feel like I can continue growing with as time passes, I know this is only the beginning but I love you a lot and I am hoping for many more years with you in the future” he says, raising my hand to his lips and kissing it softly. 
The honestly reflected in his words makes me completely head over heels for him. My throat feels like it has just been tightened in a knot and I can’t speak clearly, but I go past that. Grabbing his other hand and pressing both close to my chest, I make sure he hears me because now it was my turn to speak up. 
“I am thankful for having a person that makes me feel loved and has taught me to love myself like I have never done” I say, speaking from my heart as I look at him straight in the eyes “it might sound stupid but with my situation, after losing more than a hundred pounds and literally stepping into a new lifestyle, living in Los Angeles has been anything but easy for me, people look good, people is confident and even when I want to pretend I am, I feel
like I am none of those things” I shrug, my voice cracking slowly as I speak “I am thankful that you’ve known how to look past my past and have come to appreciate what I am now and showed me why I should always put me first, even when I know you could be with someone better” I say, and this is when I lose it. Tears start rolling down my face and I sob. 
I don’t think I have ever said all of those things out loud in front of him, and it felt incredibly difficult. 
“I love you, Luke” I say, going straight for him and wrapping him into one tight hug. One that felt intimate and needed. I needed him close to me. 
“I love you” he says in a whisper, kissing my hair “so so so much”
He rocks me softly in his arms, he holds me until my sobbing quiets down and I am ready to face the world. I didn’t expect myself to break down like this in the middle of an interview, but sometimes I get a little sensitive. Once I feel like my breathing goes normal, I look up, everyone is looking at us with awe and that makes me blush, I almost can’t believe this just happened, I would like to just sit back straight and act as this didn’t happen but that would be silly, so I just look at the team in front of us and nod at them.
“Thanks a lot for this” I say with a soft smile, thanking them for their time. 
“Thank you” Luke repeats right behind me “That what fun!” he says, and I agree. 
This has been an interesting experience, I was truly thankful for it, so, until the next time, this is a wrap! and I had a hell of a good time with it. 
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faeriekit · 3 years ago
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Oh it was SUPER weird and definitely toxic that man's a mess
I don’t think Luke was ever into Annabeth in the way that people seem to be implying. Not sexually or romantically.
Let me explain.
From the very beginning of the camp arc of the first book, we get the perspective that although Annabeth clearly likes Luke, he doesn’t reciprocate, finds her young and thinks of her as a little sister etc. etc. Despite the grossness he displayed over the five books, I don’t think Luke ever had any romantic or sexual interest in her– because I think that any playing into “a possible relationship” was the tactical understanding that 1) she was emotionally attached to him 2) he could use that and 3) Kronos’s army needed more bodies. Luke is, and always has been, characterized as a liar, willing to go all the way for his goals, and willing to throw literally any middle schooler on his sword in order to reach victory. Annabeth was just a girl who had accidentally shown him her weakness. Luke was never going to let that go without prodding at it.
See: “Hey, come hold up the sky for me, thank you!”
And if Luke actually cared for her (which is really a question of “can your abuser ever really love you” and I’m not going to play that game with no prizes), playing into Annabeth’s childhood crush on him would help him too, because in theory, everything he was doing was for the three of them– to remedy the source of Luke’s failed quest, of Thalia’s treeification, and of Annabeth’s early emotional abuse from her mortal parents. Playing into Annabeth’s crush on him was a shitty move no matter how you cut it, but I think it was genuinely just politics on his part.
Now. Does this make him a good person? No I actually think this makes him way worse in a different way lmao, and probably toed the line on emotional abuse in a lot of different ways. (Alongside murder. Remember, he murdered people.) I just don’t think he was into a kid in the way that people seem to be implying.
Anyway I’m raising funds for the Annabeth Chase therapy fund: for just four dollars a day, maybe one day she will recover from 1) being born into an emotionally neglectful household 2) her brief childhood on the streets 3) watching her foster sister “die” in front of her 4) being betrayed by her only surviving found family member (who definitely set her up to die!) and 5) surviving two different apocalypse level battles as well as 5) tartarus. 🙃
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